LABOR COST VARIANCE CAN BE SPLIT INTO • Direct labor rate variance (P) Calculation: actual total labor costs - (total actual labor hours worked x budgeted labor hour rate) Interpretation: calculates the portion of labor costs variance driven by the changed labor rate per hour Possible reasons for variances: changes in staff qualification and skills‚ general increase of wages in economy‚ premiums paid to finish a job quickly‚ poor budgeting • Direct labor quantity (efficiency) variance (P) Calculation:
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Activity 1 1 List the types of meetings that might be held in business situations. Meetings help to solve a lot of problems and issues at hand‚ faced by a business organization. The types of meeting that might be held in a business situation are: face-to-face‚ teleconference‚ video conference‚ annual general meeting‚ board meetings‚ staff meetings‚ union meetings and health and safety meetings. 2 List at least 3 advantages of conducting a formal meeting in a workplace. Meetings purpose to
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NTPC (NATIONAL THERMAL POWER CORPORATION) INTRODUCTION: NTPC Limited is the largest thermal power generating company of India. A public sector company‚ it was incorporated in the year 1975 to accelerate power development in the country as a wholly owned company of the Government of India. At present‚ Government of India holds 89.5% of the total equity shares of the company and the balance 10.5 is held by FIIs. Domestic Banks‚ Public and others. Within a span of 31 years‚ NTPC has emerged as
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Budgets serve five main purposes; planning‚ facilitating communication and coordination‚ allocating resources‚ controlling profits and operations and evaluating performance and providing incentives. The budgeting process requires both technical and interpersonal leadership skills to achieve each of these purposes effectively. The director’s memo demonstrates several short comings in the budgeting process. The director instituted the “responsibility accounting system” as a means of evaluating performance
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Studie: Bedrijfseconomie Budgets Is the use of budgets out of date? S.A.D. Sardjoe 298142ss July 12‚ 2009 Table of contents Chapter 1 Introduction 2 1.1 Purpose 2 1.2 Method 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 Outline 3 Chapter 2 Budgets 4 2.1 Definition of budgets 4 2.2 The use of budgets 5 2.3 The process of budgeting 5 2.4 The advantages of budgets 6 2.5 The disadvantages of budgets 7 2.6 Conclusion
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What is a static budget? A static budget is a budget that does not change as volume changes. If a company’s annual master budget is a static budget‚ the budget for sales commissions expense will be one amount such as $200‚000 for the year. In other words‚ in a static budget the budgeted amount for sales commissions expense will remain at $200‚000 even if the actual sales during the year are $3 million‚ $4 million or $5 million. In contrast to a company’s static master budget‚ the company’s sales
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estimates of the costs of products and services and then compares these predetermined costs with actual costs as they are incurred. Management Accounting 2 What is Variance? The difference between a cost’s actual amount and its budgeted or planned amount Unfavorable cost variance Actual cost > Budgeted Amount Favorable cost variance Actual cost < Budgeted Amount Management Accounting 3 RESEARCH ARTICLE Purpose:- This study aims to provide evidence on the extent to which companies in Malaysia
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Meaning and Need for Budget Everyone is familiar with the idea of a budget because it is essential in every walk of our life – national‚ domestic and business. A budget is prepared to have effective utilisation of funds and for the realisation of objectives as efficiently as possible. Budgeting is a powerful tool to the management for performing its functions (i.e.‚ formulating plans‚ coordinating activities and controlling operations etc.) efficiently. CIMA London defines budget as‚ “A plan quantified
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History of Indian Budget India’s first Finance Minister Sir R.K. Shanmugham Chetty‚ presented the first Finance Budget of independent India on November 26‚ 1947. Since then‚ 28 differentUnion Finance Ministers have been presenting the budget year after year. Initially‚ major attention was paid towards the agriculture sector but as the economy evolved‚ the focus shifted from agriculture to other sectors like industrial‚ financial etc. During the early the fifties‚ Indian budget highlights revolved
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Section B Cash Budget Table of contents Introduction 2 Cash Management 2 Cash 2 Budget 3 Cash budget 3 Identify Cash Management 4 Construction sector 5 Conclusion 9 Reference 10 Introduction Cash management in this economic environment is crucial. Cash is the life-blood of any business. As the saying goes‚ “Cash is king”. With so many banks tightening credit standards due to what’s happening in the credit markets or within their own lending portfolios‚ it is crucial
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